Currently the only musician ever to receive two Avery Fisher Career Grants — in 2016 as a soloist and in 2019 as a member of the JACK Quartet — cellist Jay Campbell has brought his eclectic artistic interests both as a performer and curator to the New York Philharmonic, Deutsche-Symphonie Orchester, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony, Ojai Festival, Lucerne Festival and many others. Deeply committed to collaborative music, Jay is a member of the JACK Quartet, as well as the Junction Trio with violinist Stefan Jackiw and composer/pianist Conrad Tao, multidisciplinary artist collective AMOC*, and frequently works with composers and performers like Helmut Lachenmann, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, John Zorn, Tyshawn Sorey, and many more from his own generation.
